Tufting-board.



Patented Nov. 12, l90l.

Smucul'oz C. F. STREIT. TUFTING BOARD.

(Apphcatlon filed Apr 22 1901 (No Model.)

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-NITED STATES PATENT Onrrcn.

CHARLES F. STREIT, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

TU FTlNG-BOARD.

SEEGIE'IGATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 686,362, dated November 12, 1901.

Application filed April 22, 1901. fierlal No. 56,836. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, CHARLES F. STREIT, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county ofHamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tufting-.

Boards, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is a tuftingboard upon which to form tufted cushions for curved bases, such as couches, so that the cushion is made upon the board in the exact shape or with the same curves it is to assume upon the article upon which it is to be used, so that the cells or biscuits are uniform in appearance and have no tendency to spread or to bunch at the plaits.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar parts are indicated by the same letters of reference, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tufting-board embodying my invention for making cushions for gondola couches. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view, upon an enlarged scale, taken upon line ,2 z of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view, upon a much enlarged scale, showing a part of the board with a sect-ion of a completed cushion thereon.

Referring to the parts, the sides A A have their upper edges curved in a mannersimilar to the sides of the frame of the article for which the cushion made upon the board is to be used, in this case a gondola couch. The base 13 of the board is formed of thick cardboard b, upon each side of which a layer of canvas 1) and b is cemented. Before base 13 is secured to sides A A holes-b of a diameter larger than the distance across the prongs c of the tufting-buttons C are punched through it at points corresponding to the points at which the tufting-buttons comein the finished cushion. At the places of base B which are to have a convex curve when secured to sides A A the holes are placed nearer together, the distance between them becoming less in direct proportion to the degree of curvature. After the holes are punched base B is socured on top of sides A A by tacks, screws, or the like means. The holes a in sides A A come opposite the row of holes upon the edge of base B or may be placed in different positions, depending upon the style of tufting.

, In forming a cushion the burlap d is laid upon base B and the overlapping edges thereof are tacked to the sides A A. The holes through which the prongs of the tufting-buttons are to pass in the cover d are punched before the cover is brought to the tuftingboard and are preferably spaced at equal dis tances apart in all parts of the cover. The cover is then laid upon the burlap, and alongitudinal row'of tufting-buttons is passed through the cover and burlap and is clenched upon the under side of the burlap through holes b Stuffing E is then pushed in be tween the burlap and the cover adjacent to this row of tufting-buttons, each cell or biscuit D being stufied separately and the tufting-buttons being pushed through the cover and the burlap and being clenched to complete the biscuit. The rest of the biscuits are completed in a similar 'manner. Upon the convex curves the holes in the base B coming closer together and the holes in cover d being the same distance apart throughout, there is relatively more cover-surface to the biscuits on these curves, so that plaits do not spread open, and the cushion presents a uniform appearance throughout. After all the biscuits of the cushion have been completed and the tacks which secure the edges of the burlap to sides A A are removed. the completed cushion may be lifted from the tufting-board and laid upon the springs of the couch to whose form it has been conformed and upon which it fits without any change in the surface it had upon the trifling-board, so that there is no tendency for the plaits to open nor bunch.

What I claim is- 1. A cutting-board upon which to form cushions for curved surfaces,the base of which is curved in similarity to the curves of said surfaces and perforated to pass the tuftingbuttons, substantially as shown and de scribed.

2. A tuftingboard upon which to form cushions for curved surfaces the base of which is curved in similarity to the curves of said surfaces and having perforations therein to pass tufting-buttons, the distances between the perforations upon the convex curves being I lessened in proportion to,the degree of curva ture thereof, substantially as shown and deboard secured to the side pieces and being scribed. perforated to pass the tufting-buttons', sub- 3. A tufting board upon which to'form stantiaily as shown and described.

cushions for curved surfaces consisting of CHARLES F. STREIT. side pieces the top edges of which are-curved Witnesses:

in similarity to the side frames of said sur- W. F. MURRAY,

faces and the base of which consists of card- EMMA LYFORD. 

